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REVISED STATUTESTitle 13 - Courts and Judicial ProcedureChapter 4 - DISTRICT COURTS ORLEANS PARISH EXCEPTEDPart III - JUDGE
Subpart B - NUMBER OF JUDGES
Section 13:621.2 - Second judicial district

La. Stat. tit. 13 § 621.2

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Current with changes from the 2024 First and Second Extraordinary Sessions
Section 13:621.2 - Second judicial district

The Second Judicial District Court shall have three judges who shall be elected at large from the Second Judicial District for six-year terms. The Second Judicial District Court shall be comprised of Division A in Claiborne Parish, Division B in Jackson Parish, and Division C in Bienville Parish. A judge elected to serve in the Second Judicial District shall reside within the district but is not required to reside within the parish where the division is located.

La. R.S. § 13:621.2

Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 11, §1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1972, at 4:30 P.M.; Acts 1978, No. 39, §3, eff. June 1, 1978; Acts 2020, No. 166, §§1, 2, eff. June 11, 2020.
Amended by Acts 2020, No. 166,s. 1, eff. 6/11/2020.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 11, §1, emerg. eff. 6/8/1972, at 4:30 P.M.; Acts 1978, No. 39, §3, eff. 6/1/1978.

Acts 2020, No. 166, repealed Acts 1999, No. 669, which provided for residency requirements for judges elected at large within the Second Judicial district.